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What should be the velocity of earth due to rotation about its own axis so that the weight at equator become $3/5$ of initial value. Radius of earth on equator is $ 6400\, km$

A

$7.4 \times {10^{ - 4}}\,rad/\sec $

B

$6.7 \times {10^{ - 4}}\,rad/\sec $

C

$7.8 \times {10^{ - 4}}\,rad/\sec $

D

$8.7 \times {10^{ - 4}}\,rad/\sec $

What should be the velocity of earth due to rotation about its own axis so that the weight at equator become $3/5$ of initial value. Radius of earth on equator is $ 6400\, km$

Weight of the body at equator = $\frac{3}{5}$ of initial weight  

$g' = \frac{3}{5}g$ (because mass remains constant) 

$g' = g - {\omega ^2}R{\cos ^2}\lambda $  $⇒$  $\frac{3}{5}g = g - {\omega ^2}R{\cos ^2}(0^\circ )$ 

$⇒$ ${\omega ^2} = \frac{{2g}}{{5R}}$  $⇒$  $\omega = \sqrt {\frac{{2g}}{{5R}}} = \sqrt {\frac{{2 \times 10}}{{5 \times 6400 \times {{10}^3}}}} $ = $7.8 \times {10^{ - 4}}\frac{{rad}}{{\sec }}$